As their personal, social, and practical resources diminish, people are able to compensate for a lot of losses; for example, they may offset
declining social participation with love and affection of one who is close, she says.
Not exact matches
Not surprising, then, that drawing connections between geographic mobility and
social challenges» environmental destruction, the socioeconomic
decline of Middle America, the breakdown of the family,
declining civic
participation» can be regarded as a form of treachery.
The overall
decline in civic
participation cuts across virtually all
social and demographic groups.
As civic
participation in these arenas
declined, Putnam claimed, so did America's stock of
social capital — the connections between people that foster cooperation and trust.
Because cognitive impairments are often implicated in
declines in
social participation and employment, researchers examined cognitive factors associated with both activity and
participation.
Steinbaum bemoans
declining civic
participation because, in his words, it «leads to less
social capital:
In addition to
declining Social Security replacement rates, which are a component of the total replacement rate, lower
participation in relatively generous DB private pensions and longer life spans over which accumulated wealth must be spread contribute to lower overall replacement rates in 2040.